Josh Beckett should have everything that's missing from the rest of the team's starting rotation, the youth that's missing from Curt Schilling and Tim Wakefield, the familiarity of the American League hitters that's missing from Daisuke Matsuzaka, and the starting experience that's missing from Jonathan Papelbon. (Full article: 752 words)

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